Indira Gandhi and Women’s Rights

•Indira Ghandi was a child of Nehru•Elected as leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955•Became India’s P.M. in 1965•Declared martial law in 1975 amidst an election scandal•Lost in the polls in 1977•Returned in 1980 with a landslide victory•Assassinated in 1984 by one of her own bodyguards•Pushed for the end of poverty and for women’s rights in India•Also popular over the exploding of India’s first nuclear weapon and their successful war over Pakistan in 1971

Summary

Indira Ghandi was the leader of the Indian congress and became Prime Minister in 1965. She pushed to end poverty in India and for equal rights for women. Betty Frieden wrote a book about women not enjoying their roles which began the Women's Rights Movement. She founded the N.O.W which eventually split ways due to the abortion concept.

Question: If the Woman's right in India was not equal to that of a man, how was she elected?